Recipe similar to swiffer mop solution.

December 8, 2011
I loved my swiffer until the cleaning solution ran out and I looked at the price of a refill. Instead, I bought a reusuable chenile type pad, (which I love) and went to the dollar store and bought some floor cleaner that you mix with water. I got the cap off the swiffer bottle with a pair of pliers and refilled it with a diluted form of Dollar store floor cleaner. But I was disappointed in the results. It didn’t work nearly as well as the Swiffer original and left a ‘filmy residue’ (I know this sounds like a “but wait there’s more” infomercial.) But WAIT! I solved the problem.
Here’s the recipe that seems to work as well as the original swiffer cleaner and it dries quickly. It’s basically a window cleaner recipe without the blue dye or the swiffer scent.

To an empty original swiffer cleaner bottle add 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol, 2 tablespoons ammonia, 1 teaspoon of dish soap, fill the rest of the way with water. Swirl to mix and reinstall on your swiffer. The floors look much better and I know they’re really clean.
You don’t need the pliers to get the cap off after you have used them the first time.

The Jesus ‘Mormons’ believe in.

December 5, 2011

The Jesus ‘Mormons’ believe in.

I feel frustrated in my impotence to answer the repeated assertion that “Mormons believe in a different Jesus Christ than most Christians.” I don’t know if that’s true, having been a “Mormon” or more accurately  ‘a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ all my life. I don’t know exactly who other Christians believe in, but I know who I believe in. I know who I’ve been taught to love and trust from my mother’s knee. So I must leave it to all of you who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to judge whether you believe in the same Christ that I do.

The Jesus Christ that I believe in was prophesied to come throughout the Old Testament. He was born of a virgin named Mary in Bethlehem and laid in a manger. Angels proclaimed the glad tidings to the shepherds and the heavenly hosts sang for joy. A brilliant new star rose as a sign of his birth. Both Anna and Simeon testified that he was the Messiah when they saw the infant Jesus at the temple in Jerusalem.  Wise men brought him gold, frankincense and myrrh.

When he was 12 years old, his family took him to the Passover in Jerusalem and he “astonished” the scholars and Priests gathered at the temple there with his knowledge and wisdom.

The Jesus I believe in has power over all the elements. He can calm the storm or walk on the water. He healed the sick, raised the dead, fed many thousands on seemingly nothing. Of course he has power over the elements! He created the Earth!

The Jesus I believe in said the greatest commandment is to love God and the second is to love your neighbor. He also said that if we love God, we’ll keep his commandments. He invited all men everywhere to come and follow him. He is mild in His ultimate strength.

The Jesus Christ I believe in said he was the only begotten Son of God.  God cannot lie. He was not just a teacher or a prophet. He clearly said that he was the Son of God the Father. The Jesus Christ I believe in is the literal only begotten son of God.

The Jesus Christ I believe in taught that we should try to be like him.

The Jesus I believe in commanded us to be baptized in His name.

The Jesus I believe in was betrayed by one of his apostles, Judas Iscariot. He went to the Garden of Gethsemane where he descended into the ultimate depths of suffering for our sins.  He was given an illegal trial and then scourged and taunted and spit on. His execution was ordered, Roman style, to be hung on cross on the hill Golgotha until dead. I know he could have stopped the unthinkable suffering at any time. He who had raised his friend Lazarus from the tomb could have descended from the cross and stopped his own pain. But love more extreme and eternal than the darkness, sin, evil and suffering that he atoned for, kept him from stopping it. Love for us and love for his Father motivated him to stay until the Atonement was finished. Even in the extremity of his agony, he forgave those who had done this to him, recognizing that they ‘knew not what they did.’

The Jesus I believe in had his body interred in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea until he rose on the third day. He was resurrected and burst the bands of death for all mankind. He carefully and clearly demonstrated that he had a body. He ate fish and honeycomb and insisted that he was handled and touched. He asked his apostles to feel the prints of the nails in his hands and feet and to thrust their hands into the wound in his side. He appeared to many people in many places, including to two disciples on the road to Emmaus, to Saul on the road to Damascus. Stephen saw him standing on the right hand of God the Father.  Jesus doesn’t like ambiguity. He wants us to study his life and teachings and his words as given to his prophets and apostles and to use them in our everyday lives.

It is through Jesus Christ that we can be saved. He holds open the gates of heaven to those who will repent and follow Him.       

This is the Christ that ‘Mormons’ believe in. This is the ‘Jesus Christ’ in the name ‘The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints.’ He is the Christ, the Redeemer, the Savior of the world, the Messiah, the Son of God.

This is the Jesus whose disciple I am trying to be. Is this Jesus a ‘different Jesus’ than you believe in?  

Basic 100% whole wheat bread recipe (with 10 variations including MONKEY BREAD)

November 30, 2011
If you were to live only on your basic food storage, this will be your “staff of life” (with a nice lumpy glass of powdered milk, of course!) This makes two loaves
Feel free to post your own favorite recipe on the comments!
Easy,Basic, Tasty whole wheat bread.
I make this recipe in my Kitchenaid mixer. I have a 600 “professionl” and use a dough hook. I add all ingredients in order and then mix on ‘2’ for 10 minutes. I usually stop it and scrape down the sides after about one minute.

Dissolve
 2 Tablespoons dry yeast (I use instant that I buy in 1 pound packs)
2 Tablespoons sugar
 2 1/2  cups luke warm water. (that’s baby bath temperature. Too hot, you kill the yeast, too cool, it’s very slow acting)
 1/2 Tablespoon salt
2 Tablespoons oil, (I use canola)
1/3 cup vital wheat gluten (I use Honeywell that I buy on Amazon.com)
1/2 teaspoon vitamin C powder or three crushed vitamin C tablets. (also bought online. A little goes a long way and I use it for cosmetics, too.)
(These last two ingredients give the bread the springy, delightful texture that makes restaurant bread so special)
Add 5 1/2 cups whole wheat flour. (I use white wheat. It doesn’t seem to cause gas like the red wheat does for us)
knead with dough hook 10 minutes on ‘2’, scraping down once.
If you’re doing this by hand, knead about 300 folds until well mixed and “stretchy” in consistency. Use as little flour as possible to make a good dough.
Let rest a few minutes and then divide in half. Shape into a loaf and slam onto counter several times. (Pro’s say this helps gluten to form bonds and improves texture.)
Place in greased bread pans. Cover with a damp dishtowel to keep the dough from crusting.  Let rise till triple (about an hour). If the weather’s cold, I put them in a slightly warm oven to rise.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes

You may also want to try adding:
 If you don’t have the gluten powder, double the oil. The consistency won’t be a good, but it’s still MIGHTY nice.

 a 1/2 cup of ground flax seed and reducing the flour (This adds omega 3 fatty acids. . .hard to get unless you eat a lot of fatty fish. .  .)

and/or grind up a cup or two of oatmeal in your blender and mix in with the wheat flour. (bread will be a little more crumbly)

and/or stir in a couple of eggs

and/or stir in a cup of milk powder before the oil

or half and half wheat and white flour makes a softer, (but less nutritious bread)
if using red wheat flour, I recommend using 2-3 cups of white bread-flour or all-purpose flour.

and/or for a moister bread toss in a cup of potato flakes before the flour

and/or add a Tablespoon of cinnamon and a cup of raisins before flour.

Or when forming the bread, roll out, to 1/2 inch thick and sprinkle with cinnamon, raisins and a little sugar. roll up into loaf, and press into pan.

OR roll little dough balls in butter and cinnamon and sugar and press into pan, let rise, for monkey bread. Bake as above Sprinkle whole with extra butter and brown sugar.

Thanksgiving feast recipies (Find the short love story lower down the site)

November 19, 2011
Razzleberry Pie (Delicious!) You might plan on sharing one of these pies, but you’ll want to keep the rest. Served with vanilla ice cream, you won’t mind that your jeans no longer fit.
This recipe fills three LARGE pies
Cook, stirring constantly, first 6 ingredients until thick:
5 cups water
1/2 cups lemon juice
1 1/4 cups corn starch
3 1/2 cups white sugar
16 oz package frozen blackberries
16 oz package frozen boysenberries
Note, I usually have a hard time finding those specific berries, so I use two 16 oz packages of blended berries that usually include blueberries, black berry’s and raspberries.
When thick, take off heat and add:
 16 oz package of frozen raspberries
1 teaspoon vanilla.
cool mixture
Fill three large or 4 medium pie crusts (recipe below) with filling, cover with top crust, slit in middle for steam escape. Bake at 375 for 35-40 minutes until golden.

Truly-Never-Failed-Me-Piecrust. (this will make three or four pie crusts, so you’ll need two batches for the razzleberry recipe because of the top crusts.
3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups shortening (butter flavor is good)
1 large egg
6 tablespoons ice water
1 tsp vinegar.
Mix flour and salt, cut in shortening until small crumbs size. Add egg, cold water and vinegar. Mix well. Unlike most pie crusts, you can actually work this one smooth with your hands without making it tough. Roll it out between two sheets of wax paper, fit into pan, fill and add top crust. Crimp, decorate, (little leaves cut out of dough scraps or whatever) bake as recipe directs.
Note, you can reuse the scraps, too, without making it tough. It’s very forgiving, tasty and tender!

Light and lucious potato rolls (This makes fantastic cinnamon or orange rolls, too.)
2 T active dry yeast
7 cups of warm water (baby bath temperature)
1 cup of white sugar
dissolve yeast in sugar water
add:
1 1/2 cups potato flakes
4 large eggs
2/3 cup oil
1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
2 1/2 Tablespoon salt
Stir in 7 cups bread flour. Use hands to knead in 4-5 more to make soft, rather sticky dough
Knead only until blended,
Let rest 45 minutes. Divide in quarters. Roll first quarter in to quarter-inch-thick circles and cut into wedges like a pie, (about sixteen slices apiece.) Roll from widest to narrowest and place point down on greased cookie sheet or baking pan.
Let rise until more than double, (almost triple) Bake in 375 oven for about 12 minutes until golden.
Oh MY they’re delicious!

Green bean casserole
Saute a medium onion in a couple of tablespoons of butter (I ususally use canola oil for this)
when golden, add 1/4 cup of flour,
Add a pint of sour cream (non-fat works great)
add six cans of green beans, stir well and dump in deep casserole dish
top with cheddar cheese and french fried onions (from the can) for about 30 minutes until heated through.

Yams and Apples (the yam dish that my yam-hating mother had thirds of.)

Cook (boil, bake or pressure cook) about three pounds of sweet potatoes. slice to about 1/3 inch thick (1 cm)
Peel, core and slice thinly 6 med granny smith or other tart apples.
in a 9×13 baking pan, or casserole, line up in rows, alternating sweet potato and apple slices.
In a saucepan, mix 2 tablespoons of cornstarch, 1 cup of brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of cinnamon, with 2 tablespoons of butter and 1 1/2 cups water. Cook and stir until thick, (just before it boils.) pour over yams and apples in casserole dish. Bake at 350 for about 35 minutes. (If you want to top with marshmellows, add at the last 5 minutes. (I don’t usually add them).

  Turkey
take out the giblets (there are often two sacks, one in the chest and one in the neck cavity). (I admit I throw the giblets away or give them to the dogs. I hate their consistancy)
Rinse inside of Turkey.
Stuff both cavities with favorite (dry) stuffing.
Safety pin or skewer the neck skin closed.
Place in roasting pan with the breast down. (This is not the way they show them in the pictures.) The legs are up. (This is so the juicier dark meat will moisten the white meat by gravity.)
Cover  and roast for time and at temperature on package. (If you’re cooking a wild turkey, it’s about 15 minutes per pound at 325.)
Remove from oven 1/2 hour before serving time and lift turkey onto platter. Let sit for 15 minutes, and unstuff and carve.
Gravy YUMMY
Skim fat off of drippings (if desired) by adding ice to the roaster and letting the cubes float on the top. The grease will congeal around the ice. When you’ve collected as much as you want, (you can get almost all of it) put drippings in sauce pan, add one or two cans of cream of mushroom soup and whisk smooth. If it’s too thin, dissolve a tablespoon of cornstarch in  a little cold water and stir in. Stir until desired consistancy. Taste and season if desired. (if turkey is storebought it may not need any additional salt. They inject salt water into the turkey to give it a good flavor)

Toffee to the rescue of my slimming figure

November 17, 2011
There is a law, as simple as gravity that declares that there must be opposition in all things. So, here is the antidote to my knockoff slimfast recipe. It is sure to cure anything the slimfast might cause!

Beth’s easy and fantastically delicious toffee.

In a large cast iron skillet or heavy pan, melt half a pound of (real) salted butter with two tablespoons of water and 1 1/4 cups of white sugar. Once everything is melted throw in about half a cup of chopped nuts. Almonds are the traditional, but I also adore walnuts or pecans. Stir until its a deep golden brown and then pour onto a foil covered cookie sheet. Sprinkle  immediately with 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips. In a few minutes, spread the melted chocolate evenly over the candy. Sprinkle with more finely chopped nuts.  It’s a good idea to press the nuts in a little so they get a good hold on the chocolate as it re-hardens. Let this sit. . .as long as you can. It will take about an hour to cool enough to break up, but even while still warm and a little pliable, it won’t offend your sensitive taste buds.

The Nature of Love

November 8, 2011

What is the ‘nature’ of Love?

I ordinarily dislike platitudes, especially when they’ve been ‘liked’ by nine gazillion droopy-eyed facebook readers with nothing to do but be agreeable. BUT I have been thinking on a certain platitude that I truly believe is life changing when we understand it and then act on it. Here goes. “Love is a choice.”

 If it were not a choice, it could not be one of the most important elements of judgment. If we had no control over loving or not loving, we could not be held accountable for the degree of love we have when we meet the Lord in Judgment.

Think of all the things that this implies. We can neither fall into nor out of love. We do not naturally love. (If we naturally loved, we would not naturally be an enemy to God.)

So the more love we muster, the more God-like we are.

If charity is the best and most complete form of love and it is defined as the pure love of Christ, then the ultimate love is to love Christ, to receive his love and to therefore love as he loves. How does Christ love?

He loved so completely that he was never too tired, too hungry, too discouraged, too anything that he wouldn’t sacrifice his own interests for the sake of another. He loved so completely that he was willing to comfort the silly fears of those who broke his weary slumber to tell Him, the creator of earth and sky, that they were all about to perish in the storm. He was willing to make allowances for the late hour and his disciples’ tiredness when he was bearing the weight of all sin and evil and sorrow and disappointment on himself and they couldn’t seem to even stay awake. There was never a moment when his actions were self-serving. He was compassionate to weakness, selfishness, ignorance, sorrow, disappointment, grief, and pain. He was so in tune with the feelings of others, (however inferior) that the risen Lord wept for joy when he saw the righteousness and humility of his disciples. 

Paul tells husbands to love their wives the way that Jesus loves the Church. He never got anything in return. His love is so unrequited that the only return he ever gets in the relationship is our USING the gift He gave to us. Imagine how a husband would survive if the only acknowledgement he ever receives is when his wife wears the sweater he gave her, or spends the money he earns. We’re talking about a level of love never depicted in movies or books, (except, perhaps in the Bishop’s case in Les Miserables.)

Paul also admonishes women to serve and love their husbands. Imagine the intensity of the love in a relationship where TWO people both strive to subvert self to serve the other! Where TWO people try to relinquish themselves in the interest of the other’s happiness. Why does it feel like such a risk? Where did we get the notion that in order for us to forgive, the other must repent? Do we think they must be sorry for their bad patterns in order for us to move forward? Not so. We are independent and will be judged independently.  

I have seen great sorrow develop in marriages where each partner seems to measure the other’s contribution before doling out their own. This is not love, nor is it similar to it.

Even between parent and child, when a measuring stick is held up to the other before we decide what our own behavior will be, indicates a flaw in the fabric of their love.  

Yet, it seems like a terrible risk, doesn’t it? Aren’t we supposed to hold ourselves to a certain level of self-respect? Aren’t we entitled to some small return on our efforts? Aren’t we taking a huge chance when we love freely without regard to whether or not it is returned? Imagine what it felt like when Jesus was crucified by the very men for whom he provided the earth, the atonement. His was the ultimate sacrifice of self when he submitted to the will of his beloved Father!

The good news is that love is not contingent on others’ behavior. It can be complete and whole and yet unreciprocated. It can bring joy and peace, even if those we love do not behave kindly toward us. There are no contingencies in love.

My ultimate goal, therefore, is to soften my own heart so completely that I sense others’ needs and am eager to fill them. That my gratitude for my Heavenly Father’s love drives me to love all those around me.  I want to love so purely that my own interests are entirely encompassed by those around me. That my husband, who faithfully works to support our family, knows he is loved and appreciated, not because I measure back the time spent, but by my efforts to help and comfort him. I’ll be so mild in nature that I’ll lose the temptation to criticize anyone. I’ll feel my own shortcomings and weaknesses so acutely that I’ll have no need to point them out in others. And I’ll be so grateful for the pure love of Christ that rescues me from my state of selfishness, that I will praise Him through my actions and thoughts and words.

This is charity. The pure love of Christ. Is it possible that true love of any sort is only available through Him?

knockoff Slimfast recipe

November 2, 2011
Knock off Slim Fast Recipe

I used the nutritional analysis combined with the list of ingredients on the powdered chocolate Slimfast can and came up with an equivalent recipe. This one has the advantages of dissolving completely in hot liquid. Regular Slimfast DOES NOT dissolve in hot milk. It also contains Truvia which is an extract from the stevia leaf and does not seem to have any of the side effects (bloating or head ache) that Aspertame has. It is somewhat higher in protein and lower in calories too. (The effect of using non-fat dry milk as a filler instead of sugar). It comes out to be about half the price of Chocolate Powdered Slimfast assuming you buy the various ingredients at Walmart.

This recipe will make about 15 servings and fit in a Slimfast can

1 cup cocoa powder. (unsweetened of course)
1/2 cup sugar
12 packets of Truvia or other stevia leaf brand.
3/4 cup sugar free fiber powder that specifies that it dissolves in any liquid. I use the Walmart Equate Brand. It says ‘Clear, Non-thickening Powder’
7 finely crushed multi vitamins. (I use the Equate, daily multi-vitamin, A-Z)
1 1/2 c instant powdered milk
Mix very well, put in a container with a good fitting lid, (wash out an empty peanut butter jar with it’s screw on lid?)
1/3 cup =1 serving= abt. 75 calories
Hot: Mix 1/3 cup with 2 cups hot milk. Stir add a drop of vanilla if the mood strikes you. 250 calories You feel full till lunch because of the fiber and the milk protein.
Cold: 1 scoop to 10 oz cold milk, one large frozen banana, (freeze in pieces) Blend until thick and smooth and drink with a straw! 230-250 calories depending on the size of the banana. It works fine with ice but the banana give a great consistancy.
I’ve lost about 12 pounds substituting this for breakfast, eating about 500 calories for lunch, and eating a bowl of oatmeal or raisin bran for supper. I also drink 4 oz of purple grape juice almost every day, (I mix it with a half liter water bottle) and include tuna or salmon in my diet once or twice a week. I eat an apple in the afternoon too. It’s the most painless diet I’ve ever undertaken and want to lose about 7 more pounds before my son’s wedding in December. I walk about 10 miles a week. I have borderline cholesterol levels and this diet is tailored to lowering the LDL and triglyceride levels. I’ll be retested in January and I’ll report.

Save Food Money in OKC area

October 30, 2011

1.       Coupons: I don’t bother with them. For people who are interested in spending vast amounts of time organizing and finding coupon items, here are some rules of thumb.

a.       Clip coupons only for items you already use/need.

b.      Save the coupon until the item goes on sale. The marketing strategy is to send out a coupon and then after the customer has had a chance to try the item, to put it on sale.

c.       Highlight expiration date and coupon limits.

Pay attention to sale cycles. Companies don’t create more advertising than they need to. For food items, they will probably be on sale at about the same time each year. For the foods you use, pay attention to the lowest price you pay and when you pay it and then stock up for a year’s worth when it’s at the lowest price.

2.       Harvest cycles will hint when canned fruits and vegetables will be on sale. You’ll always get low prices on things like tomato products and green beans mid summer because the new crop is coming in and last years cans need to be sold to make room for the new supply. The same is true of apples and pumpkin in the fall.

3.       BUT. . .you can usually get  pumpkin on clearance in January, as well as chocolate chips, Baking supplies, nuts, fun seasonal items. Most are non-perishable and will happily wait till the next cold season when you’re in the mood again.

4.       You can buy food that is cheap, easy and nutritious, but almost never more than two of those qualities at a time. . . The less processed your food is, generally, the more nutritious it is, but the more trouble it takes to prepare.  So the least expensive way to eat is also the most nutritious but takes more work because you’re preparing things from scratch. Use dry beans instead of canned, hot cereals like oatmeal instead of ready to eat cold cereals. (Skip the packets and add your own brown sugar.) Homemade cookies are superior in taste and are much less expensive.

5.       Shop less often. Use a list. In order to do this, keep a loaf of bread in the freezer and keep a box of powdered milk in the pantry so you don’t have emergency store runs. If you haven’t tried powdered milk lately, it’s come a long way.

6.       Learn store habits for sales. Crest foods often has sales on hamburger meat and frozen skinless, boneless chicken breasts first thing on Tuesday or Wednesday mornings. (They grind up the steaks and roasts they haven’t sold over the weekend.) I get there around 7:30 and often get good quality meat for VERY LOW prices. (Less than a buck and a half) I stock up and others do to, so it’s gone if you go later in the day.

7.       Shop at Aldi. You have to put a quarter in the cart to free it from the others (you get your quarter back when you return the cart) and you have to bring your own bags (or laundry baskets in my case). Pay in cash or with a debit card only. But everything I have bought there is the highest quality and lately, compared to other stores I think I save at least 30% and much more than that on produce. Milk is currently at about 2.79 a gallon. (The nearest one is across from Sams Club)

8.       Use a pressure cooker instead of buying convenience food. The quality is better and it’s far less expensive.  

Opposites

August 19, 2011
I notice a strange pattern in my life. Whenever there are extraordinarily happy events, there are the opposite events in my life or friends life that seem to occur at the very same time.
My son Daniel called last night to announce his engagement to a super-duper girl, Lindsay Bills. She’s wonderful and we couldn’t be happier. Chris leaves for his two-year mission in Zimbabwe a week from this Tuesday and that’s also a happy event.
But yesterday, in my exultant state of mind, I got a short, painful email announcing the death of a dear friend’s only daughter. I haven’t been in close contact in recent months, so I don’t know any details other than what her husband wrote. “After the removal of life support, our daughter Ame passed away.”
Agony.
I’m old enough to know that life runs in cycles and there will be times of sorrow in my own life too. But for now, I wish I could devide my joy by halves with Carol. But I can’t. Only God can give her peace. May he do so.

Shame on those Tea partiers!

August 9, 2011
I am so shocked that tea partiers have destroyed our economy! It must be true, since John Kerry and others blame the fact that the USA was downgraded in its ability to repay debt on them. Those teapartiers must have been spending vast amounts of money on things that don’t repay or produce any benefit! They must have been borrowing money on behalf of the federal government that they couldn’t afford to pay back.
Waste, waste, waste! That’s all those tea partiers do! They must have been the ones that are trying to raise taxes on the types of businesses that produce jobs. What nation can stand higher taxes without expecting fewer people to make job-creating ventures? Shame on those Tea Partiers! They must have also been cozying up to unions that squash free market wages. Don’t you hate it when the union bullies get so much power that business dies under their crushing demands? The righteous liberals have been trying to disentangle themselves from union control for years so that they don’t have to do EVERYTHING the unions demand. . .But the darn unions know TOO many of the liberals’ secrets and the teapartiers MUST be supporting them as they crush industry.
It’s those teapartiers that MUST have been pouring billions of dollars of “stimulus” money down endless ratholes like Fanny Mae or companies that make trashy cars nobody wants. CAN WE AFFORD to spend money we don’t have on projects we don’t need or want? What were those TEA PARTIERS thinking! Now they have to OWN up to their careless, wanton wasteful habits and face the problem THEY have created. NOW they must face the downgraded credit problem and figure out how their going to finance the jumping mouse study in Colorado or the pig odor project in California. . . (although I can hardly see why we need a study for that, considering the politicians California chooses)
The only thing that I am having a hard time with is HOW the TEA Partiers managed to do all that! I’ve been to a couple of Tea Party rallies. They’re like July Fourth celebration with lots of American flags and patriotic speeches and eloquent speakers urging people to talk to their representatives and let them know what we value and what we dislike. They’re like fifth grade teachers telling shy students to “speak up!” I’ve never been asked to fund anything. I’ve never been asked to violate any laws. I’ve never even heard one person urging ANYTHING that was uncivil or rude or harmful to anyone.
  But even without a formal organization, even without dues or duties or paid officials, even without unions or a unifying agenda, the teapartiers managed to circumvent the senate and congress and president of the United States and sneak in and spend ALL of America’s money! They must have collectively stolen Uncle Sam’s identity and run up a behometh debt!
It’s a vile, evil thing to do. I can’t dispute that. But nevertheless, you have to admire that we unorganized, unfunded, unidentified tea partiers, (oops, I let it slip, yes I’M a tea partier) managed to make all that mischief right under the collective noses of Obama, Pelosi and Harry Reid and spend all America’s money. Forging all those welfare, grants, studies, projects and wars’ checks to the tune of TRillions of dollars and NOBODY ever caught them until now.
It must be true. John Kerry said it!
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